The high turnout in Iran’s presidential election will leave the US president no excuse to circumvent the reality. Here is an account of the Friday’s votes, which Trump should better read.
A political commentator says the US president seeks to use the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers as a means of putting Tehran under pressure.
Assessments and reports by international organizations indicate an improvement in Iran’s performance and ranking in most of the international economic indices during 2013-16, the period of time when President Hassan Rouhani was in office.
An Iranian military official scorned the US secretary of state’s ignorance of Iran’s policies and positons after Tillerson’s call for a shift in Tehran’s conduct during President Rouhani’s second term, saying the only way to peace in the Middle East is a pull-out of Americans.
Reformist and moderate candidates have won all the 21 seats of Tehran’s City Council according to the final results declared by Tehran governor, ending the 15-year dominance of conservative councillors.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran is ready to present peace to Saudi Arabia as a gift after the kingdom's crown prince threatened to draw war into the Iranian territory.
Tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets across the country on Saturday night to celebrate the victory of Hassan Rouhani in the Friday’s presidential election.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 28 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi, who lost the race to Hassan Rouhani in the Friday’s elections, wished success for the elected president, and expressed the hope that people’s economic problems are prioritized in the next four years.
Iran has censured an airstrike by US military aircraft on a convoy of Syrian government forces, saying the move was carried out with the goal of changing the existing balance in the battlefield.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who won a second term in office in the presidential polls held on Friday, said establishing security in the region will be possible through enhancing democracy and respecting people’s votes.
Iranian people, from all walks of life and in all parts of the country, went to the ballot boxes on Friday to vote for their favourite candidates in presidential and local elections.
A number of world leaders have sent congratulatory messages to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, felicitating him on being re-elected as the country’s president in the Friday’s election.
Presidential candidates Mostafa Aqa-Mirsalim and Mostafa Hashemitaba have congratulated Hassan Rouhani on winning a re-election in Iran’s presidential votes held on Friday.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has issued a message commending the Iranian people for their "massive and epic" turnout in the country's twin elections.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 28 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli officially declared the results of Iran’s presidential elections, where Hassan Rouhani was re-elected by a wide margin.
Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief, in a message offered her congratulations to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on his re-election, and voiced the EU’s preparedness for bilateral engagement with the Islamic Republic.
Amid US President’s trip to Saudi Arabia for talks on forming a regional coalition with Arab states, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic derives its stability from the people who vote, not from such coalitions.
Maybe if Trump could see Iranian people queuing up to vote in Iran Elections on his way to Saudi Arabia, he would ask Saudi rulers about the true meaning of election and democracy.
Iranian presidential candidate and the incumbent president Hassan Rouhani won the majority of votes in the presidential elections held on Friday, defeating his conservative rival Ebrahim Raisi by a significant margin.
Speaker of Iran's Parliament Ali Larijani says the massive turnout of Iranian people in the Friday elections will reinforce the country's security in the Middle East.
Senior Iranian authorities and clerics have cast their ballots in Iran's presidential and local elections, which are being held simultaneously across the country.
